2012 May - Governing Dominican Liberation Party candidate Danilo Medina wins close presidential election over former president Hipolito Mejia.

2012 October - Hurricane Sandy causes extensive damage.

2013 September - Dominican Republic's highest court rules that the children of undocumented migrants are not eligible for Dominican nationality. Human rights groups warn that it could leave tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent stateless.

2014 May - The Dominican parliament approves a bill to grant citizenship to Dominican-born children of immigrants.